We’re Going To Catch A Big One

8th October 2023A Barnes

The children in Rowans have worked so hard this week. In Phonics, the children have been learning the new phoneme +a and +er and practised the action and letter formation. The children have been reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. This story links to our current topic of ‘Let’s Explore’. The children listened to the story and shared there thoughts and ideas. Then the children made a story map to show what happens in the book. In science, the children have explored the process of freezing and melting. In PE, the children have practiced balancing.

 

Marvellous Maples

29th September 2023Stacey Thompson

This week in Maples the children have been showcasing their brilliant math skills taking part in three short mathematical tasks a day. They have all tried really hard and have proved what brilliant little learners they are. We have had a little treat and been to soft play this week which the children loved and enjoyed snack time with lots of new fruits such as kiwi and candy floss grapes!

A Fun Week in Acorns!

28th September 2023A Malone

This week we have enjoyed sharing books with our parents and carers. Every Friday they are invited into class to listen to a story and then help us choose a library book to take home.

 

As part of our ‘Let’s Explore’ topic, we went outside to look at animal habitats, exploring who lives in our garden and school grounds. We found lots of worms, woodlice and even a ladybird!

 

In Maths we have continued with ‘match, sort and compare’. This week we talked about identifying our sorting criteria, and used correct mathematical vocabulary to describe what we were doing.

 

We made self-portraits and practised writing our names….

 

We also shared our delicious homemade flapjack with our grown ups when they came in to read with us. Yum!

This Week in Rowans

22nd September 2023A Barnes

The children in Rowans have worked very hard. In maths the children in reception have compared a variety of sizes, capacities, weights and lengths using objects. The children in year one have completed counting tasks. In phonics the reception children have learnt new phonemes S and A. The children in year one have learnt the diagraph +ow. In science the children have explored the textures of objects using a feely box. In computing the children practiced moving and clicking the mouse.

A super duper week Rowans, well done!!

STEM Activities

19th September 2023L Abbott

Birches class have been learning through building this week. They have used their maths and science skills to create models and experiment with magnets.

The boys were able to follow instructions to create different lego models. They experimented with magnets to see how they attract. They also built some interesting models using the marble run.

 

Our Week in Acorns

14th September 2023A Malone

This week we had great fun getting out the bikes, trikes and scooters and working together to make them shiny and clean!

We filled our buckets with soapy water and used sponges, cloths and wipers to clean the vehicles.

 

 

 

 

We read the story ‘Wow Said the Owl’ and explored our favourite colours. Everyone contributed to a beautiful display on our classroom wall. In the story there was a rainbow, so we discussed how rainbows appear and even sang a French song ‘Arc-en-Ciel’, which taught us how to say the names of colours in French.

 

Collage

 

Painting and colour mixing

 

We had lots of fun outdoors, including investigating water, developing our number skills with the giant dominoes, and learning how to use tools safely and competently.

 

 

We’ve also enjoyed some delicious school meals, and joined in with our daily ‘Wake up Shake up’ sessions.

First Week in Maples

8th September 2023S Wilkinson

Our children beginning their new journey in Maples class have had a very busy week. They have completed a variety of phonics, reading and maths activities and have really impressed their teachers with their positivity.

Have a look at what they have been doing!

Marvellous Maths and Super Science!

6th July 2023A Malone

In Maths we have been exploring money. We have sorted coins into groups, examining how they look and feel, the colour, size and shape of them. We have ordered them according to value, from 1p up to £2 in coins, and even looked at notes up to £50!

Sorting coins

In topic/science/geography, we have looked at different habitats, comparing and contrasting them to the coastal habitats we have been learning about. We then decided to make some small world habitats outdoors, including ‘Dino World’, ‘Bug Land’ and a zoo.

Creating small world habitats outdoors

 

Creating a tuff spot seascape

We have also explored floating and sinking. We used a range of materials including wood, plastic, metal and fabric, and predicted whether they would float or sink, giving reasons for our ideas. Then we tested our predictions and came to conclusions about what had happened.

Float or sink?

This Week in Rowans

23rd June 2023A Barnes

This week in Rowan’s the children have been learning all about the +ee sound and consolidating phase 2 phonemes. The children listened to the story of Commotion in the Ocean. In maths the children have explored the composition of numbers to 20 and have continued to explore doubles. In art the children made their own jellyfish, they look super duper! In P.E the children practiced hitting the ball and collecting the ball. In science the children learnt about snow and melting. The children followed instructions to make snow and then created a snowman!

This Week in Rowans 12/6/23 – 16/6/23

16th June 2023A Barnes

This week in Rowan’s the children listened to the story of Sharing a Shell. In art the children used air dry clay to make their own shells, they look fabulous! In phonics the children have been learning all about the +ng sound. In maths the children have explored the composition of numbers from 11 to 15, composed and decomposed 2d shape in pictures and have explored making doubles with the dice pattern. In P.E the children practiced throwing the ball into a target to score points. In science and D.T the children learnt about the wind and made a kite, they had lots of fun testing the kites to see if they would fly!